About the Authors

Sylvester Dassah

Affiliation Navrongo Health Research Centre, Navrongo, Upper East, Ghana

Samuel A. Sakyi

samasamoahsakyi@yahoo.co.uk

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana

Margaret T. Frempong

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana

Arnold T. Luuse

Affiliation Faculty of Allied Health Science, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana

Richard K. D. Ephraim

Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana

Enoch O. Anto

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana

Abraham Oduro

Affiliation Navrongo Health Research Centre, Navrongo, Upper East, Ghana

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interest exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SD SAS MTF AO ATL. Performed the experiments: SD SAS ATL AO MTF. Analyzed the data: EOA SAS SD ATL AO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ATL RKDE EOA SAS. Wrote the paper: SAS SD MTF AO. Enrolled/recruited patients: ATL EOA SD RKDE.